June 15, 2017 9:44 PM

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BJP rejects Congress' unemployment remark, says 7.64 cr got jobs under Mudra loan scheme

BJP on Thursday rejected the charge of the Congress that unemployment has grown under the Narendra Modi government saying over 7.64 crore people got employment through Mudra loan scheme in the last three years. <br/><br/>Party media in-charge, Anil Baluni alleged that the Congress under its Vice President Rahul Gandhi has become immature and it is leveling charges without doing any research. He said, over 1.67 crore families have benefited from the rural employment scheme , MGNREGA, against 83 lakh in the last fiscal. <br/><br/>Mr. Baluni said, the scheme also received a huge hike of 11 thousand crore rupees in allocation of 2017-18. The BJP leader added that the NDA government has created many employment opportunities with programmes like Start up India, Stand up India besides creation of a separate skill development ministry.<br/><br/>Earlier in the day, the Congress accused the government of failing to fulfil its promise of creating two crore jobs every year.<br/><br/><br/>

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